Migrant from Senegal on witches thrown from boats
Good luck, Europe. That's the sign-off from Mhedi on a story that starts with a man from Senegal describing what happens on the boats out of Africa: accuse someone of being a WITCH, tie them up, send them into the sea. The tell, he says, is seeing fine at night but not in the afternoon. Starving people is another way it ends. Mhedi frames the whole thing as one more case in a run of violence grim enough that dozens died or went overboard in a single instance last year.
Transcript (en)
Used to cry, then some people say, he or she is witch. You know witch? Black magic. A witch? Yes. In the boat, some people have black magic. That's why. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on. So sometimes on the boat, there's witches on the boat? Yes. Seriously? That is true, yes. Some people used to explain, they see, they are both witches. That's why. A witch? A witch. So what happens to the witch? Sometimes the witch, they used to tie them. Sometimes they used to catch them and throw them in the sea. They throw them in the sea? You know, some people have big heads. They used to see at night. But in the afternoon they don't use to see, that's why. Oh, so somebody can see at night? Yes. So they're a witch? Yes. And then you tie them up and throw them off the ship? You kill them? Kill them. What country are you from? I'm from Senegal. And he was saying if you see a witch on the boat, that you guys throw the witch off the boat. Yeah. Yeah. Some people can say if they see a witch inside the boat, they can throw them inside the water. Is it normal? Like, if someone sees a witch, like, you kill them? Like, whatever. Kill them. Kill, like, the witch. Kill the witch. Yeah, people kill the witch? Yes. How? How do they kill the witch? Just tell the witch. You must tell it. Just do this. He will not drink. He will not eat. Starved breath. Yes. Some people when they say, yeah, you can die and then up. And then they just start to death? Ah, some people can kill them. Some people can kill them. If you die, if I see, I will kill them. If you see, you're going to kill them. Yes, I will kill them.
